Example sentences of "take up [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is critical at this stage , though , that the head conveys positive messages and takes up the opportunities on offer . |
| 2 | The main argument seems to be whether he could morally take up the titles of Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith . |
| 3 | She would not take up the cudgels of such a battle . |
| 4 | He will take up the duties of Counsellor , Atomic Energy , on August 17 and succeeds Chris Loughlin , who has been appointed Director , Transport Division , from September 1 |
| 5 | Some individuals can take up the suggestions of the hypnotist to the extent of becoming deaf or blind or unable to smell ; they may withstand pain without a murmur , re-experience being a six-year old , or even forget everything that happened , after hypnosis , until given a prearranged ‘ release ’ signal . |
| 6 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
| 7 | Living through the post-Darwinian debates , he invariably took up the cudgels on behalf of scientific rationalism . |
| 8 | Not long after Mrs Bloomer 's crusade , the women favoured by pre-Raphaelite painters also took up the cudgels on behalf of dress reformers and wore loose-fitting dresses with low-set sleeves and dropped shoulder lines for maximum movement and comfort . |
| 9 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 10 | She took up the handles of the hand-cart and began to push it , and now there was room only for the child to walk by the side of it . |
| 11 | Manchester had modest arrangements with Macclesfield and Winsford ; Liverpool had major schemes at Winsford ( again ) and Ellesmere Port ; Wolverhampton built at Wednesfield and Seisdon ; Salford had a major involvement with Worsley ; Newcastle upon Tyne expanded at Killingworth and Cramlington ; Bristol utilized Warmley ; and Walsall also took up the provisions of the Act . |
| 12 | Another son-in-law , Richard Barnett , on Thornton 's retirement in 1817 , took up the reins of management and was still running the Guildford and Oxford theatres on the circuit until almost mid-century . |
| 13 | The only disturbance to its surface happened in the nineteenth century when the architect Gilbert Scott took up the edges in order to install a heating system . |
| 14 | Herbert Read in his book Education through Art took up the categories of types put forward by Jung . |
| 15 | Taking up the strands of the existing conversation , and wishing to demonstrate a point , he slowly poured his coffee over his piece of pulpy apple pie with the over-elaborate air of a novice waiter serving some especial and expensive delicacy . |
| 16 | Few are likely to be enthusiastic about taking up the burdens of having to compete . |
| 17 | Instead , I 'll be taking up the ideas of Mr. Peter A. Fletcher and others for some more modern rock'n'roll and country licks . |
| 18 | As Clinton was taking up the reins of power , a disconsolate President Bush flew back to Washington to make arrangements for the handover . |
| 19 | East Anglian surveyors Bidwells have taken up the cudgels on behalf of farmers not only at the timescale for completion of claim forms for area and set-aside payments and ewe and beef premiums , but also at the fines which could result from late or incorrect returns . |
| 20 | On the other hand , when she had taken up the carpets for a dance for Algy and filled the house with sixteen-year-old boys from Harrow and Marlborough , she twitched to the thin soprano signals of public-school lust like a dog hearing the squeak of a rat in its sleep . |
| 21 | Tony Bell has taken up the reigns of captaincy at Middlesbrough once more . |
| 22 | In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC . |
| 23 | Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford . |
| 24 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 25 | A quarter of an hour later , he begins to take up the strings of eggs , twining them around his hind legs . |
| 26 | Despite his postscript , in which he condemned free enterprise systems and declared himself an apologist for socialism in Europe , I am pleased to be able to take up the remarks of the hon. Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) . |
| 27 | Armstrong was first to take up the cudgels at the end of last season , and a little piece of bantering brought in Harrison . |
| 28 | It would require suicidal altruism to take up the cudgels for the Palestinians . |
| 29 | Sir Michael Angus made it a double whammy for Unilever as the outgoing plc chairman , soon to take up the cudgels on behalf of the CBI , entered the International Marketing Hall of Fame . |
| 30 | The Cheltenham MP was trying to take up the cudgels on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council , who face being charge capped for wanting to spend ten million pounds above the Government 's limit . |